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The Key (1997)
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Original name: 鍵
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ikuko is a mature, reserved Kyoto woman married for many years to a respectable, now-middle-aged man. The only problem in their relationship has been that her husband is dissatisfied with her lack of passion during lovemaking. All this changes after they meet the young Mr. Kimura
Style:
erotic drama, erotic
Plot:
midlife crisis, love triangle, sexual jealousy, adultery, infidelity, jealous husband, sexual awakening, character study, domestic drama, seduction, family relations, manipulation, psychological manipulation, loneliness, obsession, age difference, gender roles, female nudity, older man younger woman marriage, cuckolded husband, sex, mother in law, alienation, diary, marriage crisis ...
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Most similar movies to The Key
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out erotic, erotic drama, period piece and melancholic films with plots about female nudity, jealousy, infidelity, adultery, obsession, seduction and manipulation mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Key: The Perfect Education (1999), When Love Is Lust (1973), Passion Fever (1969), La strana voglia (1991), One Shocking Moment (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Schoolgirl Kuniko is kidnapped by a middle-aged man Iwazono when she is jogging. He tells her that he had a failed marriage which leaves him a deep and everlasting scar in his mind. He kidnaps her in search of a perfect marriage and intends to lock ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, controversial, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
kidnapping, older man younger woman relationship, schoolgirl, abduction, high school, mature, hostage, coercion, taboo, manipulation, control, sexual abuse ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A decadent countess (Françoise Prévost), middle-aged but still attractive, forces her young and timid daughter (Agostina Belli) to marry a rich butcher. But the couple’s sexual relation is troubled, because the girl has her fair share of ...
Style:
erotic, erotic drama
Plot:
lesbian sex, female nudity, lust, infidelity, sex, sensuality, sexual repression, adultery, seduction, sexual awakening, female sexuality, love triangle ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Yugoslavia
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
This and The Hot Month of August, both made in Greece, were acquired by DORIS WISHMAN for release in the United States. However, she somehow or other lost the dialogue sheets needed for dubbing the films into English. With the original dialogue a ...
Style:
sensual, erotic, independent film
Plot:
seduction, exploitation, love triangle, sexploitation, infidelity, adultery, sexual jealousy, sexual exploration, obsession, sexual awakening, moral ambiguity, unrequited love ...
Place:
greece
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man who is a theater director and music composer picks up a young homeless woman off the street. But as soon as she starts living with him she becomes his object of desire. Soon his ex-girlfriend finds out about his new lover in his life and ...
Style:
erotic, erotic drama, sensual
Plot:
lesbian sex, seduction, sexual tension, obsessive love, love triangle, obsession, emotional manipulation, homeless woman, romantic rivalry, loneliness, sexual jealousy, manipulation ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Hunky businessman Cliff and his sweet wife Mindy move from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Los Angeles, California. They take up residence in an apartment complex where several lovely young ladies also live.
Style:
erotic, independent film, period piece, weird
Plot:
dominatrix, sexploitation, infidelity, domestic drama, temptation, unfaithful husband, seduction, adultery, femme fatale, manipulation, domination, bisexuality ...
Time:
60s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Yokubo from director Tetsuo Shinohara is based off of the award-winning love story by Mariko Koike. A young man searching for physical comfort and dumb lust, and the world-weary woman drowning in a sea of men that works with him. This is a fantastic ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, erotic drama, romantic drama ...
Plot:
desire, social problems, couple relations, male female relationship, love affair, relationships, relationship problems, sexual exploration, character study, loneliness, bittersweet, literary ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three erotic stories from classic writers Marguerite de Navarre, Nicolas Restif de la Bretonne and Guy de Maupassant.
Style:
anthology, erotic, erotic drama, sensual, period drama
Plot:
seduction, literary, sexual content, sexual tension, revenge, nudity, jealousy, adultery, infidelity, marital strife, manipulation, forbidden love ...
Time:
19th century, 17th century, 18th century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Miho and Toshio, putting their children and household at stake, duel for control in their degrading, middle-aged marriage.
Style:
intense, serious, bleak, melancholic, grim ...
Plot:
alienation, infidelity, domestic drama, character study, control, power struggle, obsession, manipulation, isolation, family conflict, claustrophobia, revenge ...
Time:
1950s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Antônio Martins, respected theatrical critic, is a very rational man. But a chance meeting with young Inês, a nude painting model, is going to rock him. Inês keeps a relationship with painter José Torres Campana, an older man with a deep ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, independent film
Plot:
amputee, painting, desire, jealousy, love triangle, romantic triangle, obsession, seduction, danger, character study, moral ambiguity, adultery ...
Place:
portugal
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Filmmaker Gregory Hatanaka fashions a stunning film about love and excess. Robert (Norman Reedus) is a writer who hasn't done much writing lately; instead, he's busy pushing the envelope with his toxic mix of boredom, drugs and a dalliance ...
Style:
psychological, existential, erotic, independent film, moody
Plot:
writers, obsession, making love, infidelity, affair, toxic relationship, character study, cheating, boredom, self destructing, marriage, sexual tension ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
After her husband's suicide, young and beautiful Mitsuko Fuji feels alone and helpless -- until one of her husband's major creditors, Mr. Kito, offers a sympathetic ear and a cancellation of all debts. However, Mitsuko soon learns that ...
Style:
erotic, bleak, intense, psychological, period piece ...
Plot:
pink film, widow, exploitation, mistress, debt, forced prostitution, sexploitation, rape, forbidden love, domestic drama, manipulation, love triangle ...
Time:
60s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband, daughter and best friend. While there, she finally learns that sex can be passionate and wonderful, something she was never able to discover with the help of her ...
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, period piece
Plot:
adultery, seduction, sexual awakening, sexual frustration, eroticism, female sexuality, vacation, infidelity, passion, repression, betrayal, jealousy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two friends discuss their love adventures, and the emptiness ensuing each new conquest.
Style:
erotic drama, period piece
Plot:
sexual deviant, sex, infidelity, adultery, erotica, betrayal, seduction, lust, sexuality, marriage, call girl, desire ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Similarity:
25%
185
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A couple's bizarre romantic relationship is disrupted by the intrusion of a third person.
Style:
independent film, art house, psychological, erotic, erotic drama ...
Plot:
role playing, love triangle, identity, sexual tension, character study, obsession, voyeurism, intimacy, sexual exploration, domestic drama, jealousy, transformation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After his wife leaves him, Júlio starts an affair with his secretary.
Style:
erotic drama, sensual, tense, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
infidelity, divorce, adultery, seduction, marriage crisis, lesbian sex, lust, betrayal, sexually liberated, middle aged man, promiscuity, midlife crisis ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Story:
Juliette and Paul move into their dreamhouse but they soon realize that the rent is too high for the two of them alone so that they decide to rent out their spare room to a young woman named Nathalie. She becomes Paul’s mistress but cannot get him ...
Style:
tense, erotic drama, psychological thriller, erotic, moody
Plot:
revenge, jealousy, infidelity, ex lover, betrayal, romantic triangle, manipulation, domestic drama, obsession, seduction, sexual tension, sexual jealousy ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
100
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A disillusioned Los Angeles based married couple's twisted sexual relationship is told exclusively through their own private journal entries. What results is a visually stunning exploration of obsession, desperation, and lust in this deeply ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, independent film
Plot:
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Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Saya had planned a scheme so that Sakiko, who works under Makoto, would witness her sexual affair with Makoto in the office. Makoto’s home is about to become a broken one when his wife Sachiko is told of her husband’s unfaithful doings. Saya, ...
Style:
erotic, romantic drama, sensual, dark, intense
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, betrayal, love triangle, revenge, sexual obsession, manipulation, mature, seduction, jealousy, scandal, female protagonist ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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159
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, captivating, art house, psychological
Plot:
love triangle, relationships, romantic triangle, in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic rivalry, romantic relationship, fall in love, male female relationship, rich and poor, love story, couple relations ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Kanda, an elderly teacher whose manhood is beginning to fade, loves his young wife Ikuko, but finds himself unable to satisfy her high libido - Until he discovers the world of spoiled cuckolds.
Style:
erotic
Plot:
teacher, fetish, cuckold husband, japanese woman, sex scene, sexual fantasy, infidelity, horny wife, sexually dissatisfied wife, hidden camera, cuckolded husband, drunken woman ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.
Style:
erotic drama, period piece, art house, tension, suspense
Plot:
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Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Franck, a former young hopeful at the Nantes soccer club, has stayed on to help the team for ten years after an injury,but becomes especially frustrated when he meets a seductive young woman.
Style:
melancholic, art house
Plot:
soccer, infidelity, love triangle, character study, jealousy, small town, seduction, midlife crisis, sexual tension, slice of life, bittersweet, unrequited love ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
adultery, infidelity, extramarital affair, obsession, jealousy, seduction, sexual obsession, office romance, sexual tension, domestic drama, secret relationship, loss of control ...
Similarity:
23%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, erotic, melancholic ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, husband wife relationship, affair, sexual frustration, family problems, family relations, male female relationship, bored housewife, relationship problems, marital problem, housewife ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hozumi is a doctor and he is friends with manga artist Soeda. They both like Asako who works at a tropical fish shop. Hozumi eventually gives up Asako for his friend Soeda. Soeda and Asako decide to get married, but, after they get married, Soeda ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic
Plot:
love triangle, problem, love and romance, male female relationship, love affair, rich and poor, relationships, love story, relationship problems, love, love interest, jealousy ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
romantic comedy, sex comedy, sitcom, lighthearted, situational comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lesbian sex, female nudity, lesbianism, group sex, hotel, nostalgia, flirting, party, single, midlife crisis, gossip, second chance ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
erotic, sensual, erotic drama, intense, art house
Plot:
sexual tension, lust, castle, gigolo, jealousy, erotica, lesbian sex, intimate, manipulation, luxury, sexploitation, obsession ...
Place:
france
Similarity:
21%
336
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.
Style:
erotic, reflective, sexy, independent film
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A bored couple separately seduces young girls, when the husband becomes obsessed with and begins to pamper a young neighbor with disastrous results.
Style:
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Plot:
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